contacts {panelPomp}

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Contacts model

Description

A panel model for dynamic variation in sexual contacts, with data from Vittinghof et al (1999). The model was developed by Romero-Severson et al (2015) and discussed by Bretó et al (2020).

Usage

contacts(
  params = c(mu_X = 1.75, sigma_X = 2.67, mu_D = 3.81, sigma_D = 4.42, mu_R = 0.04,
    sigma_R = 0, alpha = 0.9)
)

Arguments

params

parameter vector.

Value

A panelPomp object.

Author(s)

Edward L. Ionides

References

Bretó, C., Ionides, E. L. and King, A. A. (2020) Panel Data Analysis via Mechanistic Models. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 115(531), 1178–1188. doi:10.1080/01621459.2019.1604367

Romero-Severson, E.O., Volz, E., Koopman, J.S., Leitner, T. and Ionides, E.L. (2015) Dynamic variation in sexual contact rates in a cohort of HIV-negative gay men. American journal of epidemiology, 182(3), 255–262. doi:10.1093/aje/kwv044

Vitinghoff, E., Douglas, J., Judon, F., McKiman, D., MacQueen, K. and Buchinder, S.P. (1999) Per-contact risk of human immunodificiency virus tramnsmision between male sexual partners. American journal of epidemiology, 150(3), 306–311. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010003

See Also

Other panelPomp examples: panelGompertz(), panelRandomWalk()

Examples

contacts()

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